Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 1990, 8:26 PM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 1990, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 1990, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 090128 FFWSHV ARC061-081-133-090530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 826 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...HOWARD COUNTY...LITTLE RIVER COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY AT 825 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR HORATIO AND ASHDOWN. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITIES AND IN COVERAGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED SUNDAY NIGHT CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY AGAIN EFFECT ROADS IN THE AREA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID TRAVELING TONIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AN^D FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 515 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS.. SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 508 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PROUDUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR STAMPS AND CANFIELD ARKANSAS..JUST WEST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA..AND NEAR ELYSIAN FIELDS..REKLAW..AND WEST OF DEKALB TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH WITH THE STRONGER STORMS PROUDUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS..FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND GUSTY WINDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE NIGHT AND ALSO TUESDAY. DURING THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PROUDUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM NEAR 2 TO AS HIGH AS TEN INCHES OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.. AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OCCUR OVER THIS REGION DURING THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY..FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY. PERSONS OVER THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO PROLONG MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR PROTECT PROPERTY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING OCCURS. THE SOILS HAVE BEEN SATURATED WITH SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS REMAINED AT HIGH LEVELS DUE TO EXCESS WATER RUNOFF. RAINFALL REPORTED FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 800 AM CST. NORTH LOUISIANA: BASTROP 0.16 RED RIVER EXP. 0.71 KORAN 0.25 KEITHVILLE 0.17 LK. PROVIDENCE 0.78 RUSTON 0.01 MARION 0.06 NLU MONROE 0.80 TALLULAH 0.08 BARKSDALE AFB 0.48 MONROE AIRPORT 0.07 MADISON PARK 0.02 NORTHEAST TEXAS: ATLANTA 0.06 DEKLAB 2.28 MAUD 1.14 TEXARKANA 1.17 WRIGHT PATMAN 0.30 SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS: MILLWOOD DAM 0.06 ATHENS 5.16 ASHDOWN 2.82 CALION LOCK 0.40 DIERKS RESER. 5.98 DEQUEEN LAKE 5.09 DEQUEEN 4.90 DIERKS 7.80 FOREMAN 2.83 FULTON 2.00 GILLIAM RESER. 5.98 GLENWOOD 4.34 HOPE 2.48 HORATIO 10.98 LANGLEY 4.94 MAGNOLIA 0.40 NEWHOPE 6S 6.88 NASHVILLE 7.01 TEXARKANA APT 1.28 ELDORADO 0.24 WILTON 4.18 LOCKSBURG 6.43 SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ANTLER TOWER 3.28 CARNASAW 3.38 SMITHVILLE 6.60 VALLIANT 3.60 BROKEN BOW TWR 3.51 BATTIEST 1.95 CARTER TWR. 2.12 FLAGPOLE 1.10 JADIE TOWER 5.80 HEE MOUNTAIN 2.56 SOBOL TOWER 5.27 TOM MOUNTAIN 4.15 BEAR MOUNTAIN 2.44 BROKEN BOW DAM 3.09 PINE CREEK DAM 1.37 HUGO 2.19 IDABEL 3.17 GLOVER 3.09
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-090130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 650 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS.. SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 645 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG THUDER- STORMS IN NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR KILGORE TEXAS AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILMER TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE WITHIN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MOUNT ENTERPRISE TEXAS TO QUITMAN. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR NEW BOSTON AND AVERY TEXAS AS WELL AS NEAR NACOGDOCHES AND CROCKETT. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CANFIELD AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING )AND THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS CAUSING FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 8:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 800 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS.. SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 755 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG THUDER- STORMS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST OKLHAHOMA-SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BORDER NEAR DEQUEEN AND HORATIO ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDIONAL FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. THIS AREA IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN INCREASE ;IN INTENSITY AND IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS CAUSING FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL.
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.